Thursday, October 7, 9:30pm, Oak Street Cinema
Friday, October 8, 11:30pm, Oak Street Cinema

Revisit the sweet harmonies and infectious charms of Agnetha, Björn, Benny, and Anni-Frid! In one of his first films, director Lasse Hallström (Chocolat, The Shipping News) follows the fun-loving Swedish pop sensation, ABBA, on an Australian tour at the height of the group’s success. Great concert performances—including hits “Take a Chance on Me,” “Fernando,” “Dancing Queen,” "Mamma Mia" and others—are intercut with reactions from adoring fans, backstage footage, and a subplot about a radio disc jockey desperately trying to catch up to the supergroup for an interview. ABBA: The Movie is rarely screened and not available on home video. Don't miss the insanely catchy music, outrageous stage costumes, and, according to 1977 press, the "sexiest bottom in Europe"!

Wednesday, October 6, 7:30pm, Oak Street Cinema

Cory McAbee of San Francisco-based band, The Billy Nayer Show, takes us on an unbelievable intergalactic journey with this idiosyncratic space western musical. McAbee wrote and directed the film, and also stars as space trader, Samuel Curtis. Touching down on an asteroid belt near Saturn, Curtis discovers an all-male culture driven by song, dance, and the loneliness of the most remote prairie. There, the Blueberry Pirate presents him with a scheme to trade live commodities between the all-male worker planet of Jupiter and all-female planet of Venus. Along his journey, he discovers he is being pursued by the enigmatic Professor Hess. With velvety black-and-white photography, ingenious lo-fi sets, and phenomenal music from the Nayers, the film is a brilliant oddity of American indie filmmaking.

Wednesday, October 6, 9:30pm, Oak Street Cinema

Sound Unseen celebrates the 20th anniversary of one of the first films to bring New York's hip-hop subculture to mainstream America and the rest of the world. Revolving around the tale of an aspiring Bronx DJ, Beat Street features a phenomenal soundtrack and captures great performances by Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force, the Treacherous Three, Doug E. Fresh, Melle Mel and the Furious Five, Us Girls, and others. The film also features classic battle scenes between the Rock Steady Crew and the New York City Breakers. Don't miss the opportunity to see this hip-hop classic on the big screen!

Saturday, October 2, 3:30pm, Oak Street Cinema
Saturday, October 9, 3:15pm, Oak Street Cinema

British director Simon Pummell uses creative media archeology to explore the universal human experience. Bodysong is an epic story of love, sex, violence, death and dreams told entirely through archival footage from around the world and across 100 years of cinema history. Powerful imagery from a wide variety of silent films, newsreels, documentaries, and home movies is accompanied by a beautiful and hypnotic musical score by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood. The result is a truly unique experience in music and moving image. The Bodysong project also includes a website (www.bodysong.com) which explores the stories behind each of the extraordinary images in the film.

CAN double feature- back by popular demand!

CAN- THE DOCUMENTARY
Directors: Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher
1999, 81 minutes

CAN-FREE-CONCERT
Director: Peter Przygodda
1972, 52 minutes

Sunday, October 3, 9:30pm, St. Anthony Main
Monday, October 4, 7:00pm, St. Anthony Main

Beginning in the late 1960s, German band, Can, blended influences of neoclassical, free jazz, and gypsy music with driving funk rhythms, rock guitar, and synthesizers. Their hypnotic, psychedelic music would come to define Krautrock in the 1970s and influence such groups as Talking Heads and Sonic Youth. We are pleased to present encore screenings of two films celebrating the influential band. CAN: The Documentary traces their career with interviews and an abundance of rare archival film and TV performance footage. CAN: Free Concert captures the band in a 1972 concert in Cologne and in their own Inner Space Studio. There will be a brief intermission between films.

Monday, October 4, 7:00pm, Oak Street Cinema
Special Ticket Price $8

Sound Unseen is proud to present the work of contemporary rock video pioneer and Minneapolitan Chuck Statler. The man who some consider the inventor of the music video, Chuck was among the last filmmakers of music film clips before video killed the music film clip star. It was while attending Kent State in Ohio that Chuck met and collaborated with Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerry Casale, the nucleus of DEVO. Their film collaborations became a hallmark of DEVO’s act, and soon Stiff, ZE, and other upstart record labels commissioned Chuck to produce films for their talent. Chuck’s collaborations have spanned decades and included icons of each one - from Prince to The Cars, J. Geils to Styx. Tonight Chuck presents rare 16mm screenings of Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Madness and DEVO, as well as videos with Pere Ubu, El Vez, Moldy Peaches, Stan Ridgway, the last filmed appearance by Tiny Tim, and selections from his most recent project, ‘Sonic Burlesque.’

Thursday, October 7, 10:00pm, Kitty Cat Klub
Special Ticket Price $6

Some people describe him as “Beethoven meets Lenny Kravitz.” Others simply call him DBR. An African-American composer/musician of Haitian descent, Daniel Bernard Roumain seamlessly blends funk, rock, hip-hop and classical to create music that is “far out and creative in another world”. He has recently collaborated with DJ Spooky, Cassandra Wilson, Bill T. Jones, Vernon Reid and Susan Sarandon, and was rated #3 in New York Times’ Top 10 Classical moments of 2003. Roumain’s works have been commissioned by orchestras around the world and he tours frequently with his 9-piece ensemble, DBR’s MISSION. In February 2004, nearly 2000 people attended the premiere of ROCKESTRA: A Hip-Hop Music and Dance Party, at Arizona State University's Gammage Auditorium featuring DJ Radar and sponsored by the American Express Beyond Broadway Series. Come and see for yourself what the critics are raving about at this rare live performance at one of our favorite local nightspots.

Also performing curteosy of MN Spoken Word Association:

• TruthMaze
• Desdamona
• Toussaint Morrison
• ISIS
• A-Ball

DBR FREE WORKSHOP
COMPOSITIONS, INSTRUMENTS & SOFTWARE

Friday, October 8, 5:00-7:00pm, Institute for Production & Recording
Free and open to all ages!

Composer/musician DBR, whose dynamic fusion of funk, rock, hip-hop and classical has “people likening him simultaneously to Mozart and Prince” (LA Times) teams up with engineer/producer/turntablist DJ Scientific to reveal the compositional process, from idea, to pre-production, to performance, and how the integration of electronic software and instruments can result in musical collaborations that are timely, relevant, and alive. Using a G4 Apple Macintosh laptop, three software programs in Pro-Tools, Reason, Live, and electric/acoustic Violins in live performance, DBR and DJ Scientific create musical soundscapes that are dense, vibrant, and integrate the latest technology with an age-old instrument. The workshop will focus on the work of a DJ, collaborating with an electric/acoustic violinist and laptopist, and how software, primarily used for sequencing, editing, and mastering, can in fact be used in a fluid, spontaneous, and live environment.

Sponsored by the Institute for Production & Recording

CLOSING EVENT!
DESTIJL RECORDS RELEASE PARTY
Curator: Clint Simonson

Saturday, October 9, 6:00-10:00pm, Uppercut Boxing Gym
1324 Quincy Street NE
Special ticket price $10
All Ages Welcome

Featuring:

THE HOTOTOGISU
Matthew Bower( pure / total / skullflower / sunroof! / vibracathedral orchestra )
Marcia Bassett( un / double leopards / shackamaxon / ghq)
“Electronic alchemy sound, amp/fx worship, intoxicated by ritual, rising patterns of incense smoke shot through with unwavering electric white light, the swung, feeding-back microphone is our censor. We take the pure white light and reflect / refract / multiply it with mirrors and colored scarves, to construct an imaginary space of sound and light, we gaze inward and project outward”.

SAMARA LUBELSKI
Although Samara’s presence in the psychedelic / folk scene of the last ten years hasn’t necessarily been widely stated, it’s been solidly felt - not only through her solo recordings, but also through her work with Metabolismus, Tower Recordings and Hall of Fame, she has proved to be widely diverse. Samara has learned not only the tricks of the sound engineering art, but processed the indifferent and oblivious crowd knocks that seem to give birth to great songs. Through her solo works she has learned her own voice, with themes that evoke similarities as divergent as La Monte Young (spiritual) Judy Henske (husk) or Margo Guryan (civility).Her voice is like a huge bird, a nymphy Joni Mitchell on a mad dash to and from nowhere.

CHARLIE NOTHING
Charlie Nothing is the Ding of Rock and Roll. His art spans a wide range, the pinnacle being the guitar sculptures he makes out of American Cars. Dingulators™ is what he calls them.. Dingulators™ are the ultimate rock and roll art. Charlie Nothing has performed in many places and many times, one of his LPs "In Eternity With Brother Fred" was produced by the then prestigious Takoma Records and achieved a degree of infamy in Europe under the category of New Jazz, which, of course, it was not. Charlie Nothing evolved past the entertaining-monkey-jumping-up-and-down-on-stage stage and quit performing entirely, making this a very special night.

EDGEPLAY: A FILM ABOUT THE RUNAWAYS
Director: Vicki Tischler-Blue
2004, US, 110 minutes

Wednesday, October 6, 9:30pm, St. Anthony Main

The troubled story of 70s all-girl teenage rock band, The Runaways, is explored in this personal documentary directed by band member Vicki Blue. Candid interviews recall the rise and disintegration of the band– from the girls being recruited and thrown together, to the manipulation and abuse from managers and fights between bandmates. Including rare footage and insightful recollections from Kari Chrome, Cherie Currie, Lita Ford, Sandy West, Jackie Fox, Kim Fowley, and Suzi Quatro, Edgeplay is an incredibly honest and raw look at what a group of young teenaged girls went through for their dreams of rock stardom.

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HOLLYWOOD TRASH & TINSEL
Director: Cheri Lovedog
2004, US, 10 minutes

Cheri Lovedog documents the journey of her little autobiographical punk rock play, Prey For Rock & Roll, from its humble beginnings at New York club, CBGB, to its Hollywood adaptation and the completely stupid marketing of the feature film.

ELLIOT SMITH- OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
Director: Elina Shatkin
2004, US, 45 minutes

Tuesday, October 5, 9:30pm, Bryant Lake Bowl
Thursday, October 7, 6:30pm, Bryant Lake Bowl

Hailed by critics as one of the great singer/songwriters of his generation, Elliott Smith built his musical reputation not only with his haunting recordings but also with his uniquely intimate live performances. Director Elina Shatkin (Try This At Home) captured his solo set on the closing night of the five-day Yoyo A Go Go festival in 1999 in which Elliott played twelve songs ranging from old favorites to new material. Uncut and presented in its entirety, this document provides a rare close-up view of the extraordinarily talented musician. Less than a year before his major label debut and the formation of a backing band, this was one of the last shows to feature Elliott alone on stage. An additional short film will also be shown.

END OF THE CENTURY: THE STORY OF THE RAMONES
Directors: Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields
2003, US, 100 min.

Saturday, October 2, 11:00pm, Oak Street Cinema
Tuesday, October 5, 9:30pm, Oak Street Cinema
Special Ticket Price $8

End of The Century revisits New York in the 70s and the legendary band that opened the floodgates for punk rock and became a voice for misfits and rebels all over the world. Directors Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields have created the ultimate fan documentary, reliving all the ups and downs along the Ramones' 20-year career. With the participation of nearly all the band members, the film charts the music, addictions, and line-up changes. It includes previously unseen footage and interviews from their musical contemporaries, including Debbie Harry, Joe Strummer (in his final interview), and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols.

"The bittersweet Ramones documentary laid it all on the line: the good, the bad and the ugly truth of life in the rock-star fast lane." -Los Angeles Times

CLOSING NIGHT EVENT

With the FILM JOCKEYS - WORLD PREMIERE!
Curated by Phil Harder & David Salmela
With Original Score by the Creative Electric Orchestra

Sunday, October 10, 8:00 – Midnight, the Kingman Studio
1901 Grand St. NE, Free Parking
Special ticket price $7, Free w/ Fest Pass

Step out of the comfortable streets of Northeast Minneapolis and into a total-art cinema of moving walls and ambient music. Evocative favorites from director Phil Harder's personal vault, projected simultaneously on multiple screens, will transform the eclectic Kingman Studio into a shifting labyrinth where thoughts oddly intersect. While films by Ray & Charles Eames, Roman Polanski, Saul Bass, Vince Lombardi, Jacques Cousteau and many others suspend the laws of gravity and aesthetics, The Creative Electric Orchestra, will provide an electronic and instrumental real-time score. Be sure not to miss this unique slice of Northeast Minneapolis and end the festival right – with friends, music and film.

Tuesday, October 5, 7:00pm, Bryant Lake Bowl – DIRECTOR PRESENT!

Life with aspiring rock stars and the harsh reality of the music business is well documented in this Minnesota-made film. A musician is brutally murdered, a group breaks up the day they were to sign a lucrative recording contract, throat surgery threatens a lead singer’s voice, and a key member of a band is asked to leave in a proverbial him or me scenario. FUNKYTOWN is a rockumentary about five, hard working Minnesota bands trying to make it in the real world and it ain’t easy. Directed by Minneapolitan Steven Greenberg, the man behind the 1980 No.1 hit song “Funkytown,” the film captures the roller coaster ride of the musician’s struggle to make a name for themselves and attempting to get anything happening that could translate into creative freedom or financial success.

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TWIN/TONE RECORDS ’88
Director: Rick Fuller
1988, US,18 min

In 1988 Twin/Tone Records developed a relationship with A&M Records in Los Angeles. The Harder/Fuller team was hired to shoot an overview of the Twin/Tone operations and introduce A&M Records to the staff, bands and associated labels. Soul Asylum was featured in the documentary and band member, Karl Mueller, hosted the program.

Monday, October 4, 10:30pm, Bryant Lake Bowl
Saturday, October 9, 11:30pm, Oak Street Cinema

Packed with mind-blowing visuals, wild music and far out stories, King of Techno explores the world of electronic music pioneer, Bruce Haack. Haack continually expanded music through his imaginative approach to both composition and technology– from his experimental compositions in the 50s, to his children's records with Ms. Nelson in the 60s, his darker and farther out 70s recordings, and his early 80s contribution to hip-hop. His work continues to garner recognition long after his death, inspiring such artists as Beck, Mouse on Mars, and Money Mark. This documentary illuminates his musical career with interviews and rarely-seen films and TV performances– including Haack's early-60s visit to Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood!

HOP-FU: SUPERNINJAS - WORLD PREMIERE!

Friday, October 1, 7:30pm, Oak Street Cinema
Friday, October 1, 9:30pm, Oak Street Cinema
Special Ticket Price $8

Brooklyn’s DJ IXL and DJ Spae return to Minneapolis to present a World Premiere powerhouse performance of the 1982 classic kung-fu flick Superninjas. The Five Element Ninjas (Gold, Fire,Water, Wood, Land) face off against Chinese fighters in a dangerous adventure of good and evil. Accompanied by a hard-hitting audio remix by dueling turntablists, complete with a fury of kicks and jabs infused by beats and scratches, the re-mixed soundtrack creates a furious composition that matches every kick, punch and flip onscreen with pin-point precision. An incredible live experience.

Hop-Fu presented Samo Hung's "Prodigal Son" to a full house at the 2002 Sound Unseen Festival

Sponsored by Slamhammer Sound, Inc.

Screening followed by:
Opening Night Party
At the Kingman Studio
1901 Grand St. NE
10:30pm 21+
Music from Doomtree & the 1-2 Go Crew
$10 w/ film ticket
$15 w/out film ticket
Free w/ Festival Pass

Sponsored by Grainbelt Premium, Schell’s Brewery, Red Bull Energy Drink, Phillips UV Vodka, Hpnotiq, Chippewa Falls Spring Water, & Slamhammer Sound

Saturday, October 2, 5:30pm, Oak Street Cinema – DIRECTOR PRESENT
Monday, October 4, 9:45pm, St. Anthony Main – DIRECTOR PRESENT

Howlin' Wolf had one of the most powerful and recognizable voices in all of music. Best known for his many hits at Chess Records ("Smokestack Lightning," "Evil," "Spoonful," "Sittin’ on Top of the World," "300 Pounds of Joy"), his music was an enormous influence both in the blues community and with rockers such as the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and the Beatles. Minnesota-born director Don McGlynn has made the first comprehensive documentary about this intense artist. The film features great archival performance footage of Wolf in his prime as well as appearances by Hubert Sumlin, Barbra Marks, Bettye Kelly, Jodie Williams, Billy Boy Arnold, and others.

Wednesday, October 6, 7:00pm, Bryant Lake Bowl

Our favorite oddball archaeologist, Irwin Chusid, brings a free-form mix of visual musical bric-a-brac to SU this year. The Hoboken-based WFMU radio personality, author (Songs in the Key of Z), producer, and music historian presents a one-night "video vaudeville" mix. We'll see rare archival clips, outsider and incorrect music favorites, and all manner of head-scratching and eye-popping marginalia. The program includes Raymond Scott; Esquivel; authentic vaudevillians of the 1920s; William Shatner's 1974 melodramatic interpretation of "Taxi"; a futuristic 1930s cartoon; Brian and Ted Dewan's 2003 satirical take on the history of the organ; and harpist/singer Joanna Newsom. Recommended for those with eclectic musical tastes and short attention spans!

JANDEK ON CORWOOD
Director: Chad Freidrichs
2003, US, 88 minutes

Sunday, October 3, 3:00pm, Oak Street Cinema

A cult hero to deejays and record collectors, enigmatic musician Jandek has released 34 self-recorded albums over the past 25 years. His music has influenced Kurt Cobain, Thurston Moore, Beck, and countless other artists. But he has never performed live or given out any biographical information. All that is known about Jandek is what can be derived from his atmospheric music, haunting lyrics, odd album cover photos, and minimal communications via a Houston P.O. box. Even his real name is a mystery. Jandek On Corwood pieces together the music and images with various impressions of the man/myth for an intriguing portrait.

JANIS FIGURE: FRANKLY, SERIOUSLY, HONESTLY
Director: Chris Coyne
2003, US, 40 min.

Monday, October 4, 6:30pm, Bryant Lake Bowl – DIRECTOR PRESENT!
Special Ticket Price $3

The courage, character and drama of the independent rock band is captured in all its folly in this exclusive documentary by Minneapolis rock band, Janis Figure. Veteran film and TV actor Chris Mulkey (Twin Peaks, Radio) plays host and narrator to a novel set-up of real-life footage of the band as they tour the country to court a record contract, as well as reenactments of hilarious anecdotes not captured on film. Watch the band encounter an oddball, eccentric mixture of Americana in cities throughout the U.S. and Canada. There’s a man with elephantitus startling the band in Texas; the guitar player’s eye-opening encounter with a urine-therapy advocate; the lead singer’s perilous “meeting” in a motel with an over-zealous promoter, and an undependable tour bus that is forever finding new ways to break down. Musicians and music fans alike will sympathize with this earnest, sincere look inside life on the road with a band that works for no one but themselves to reach the American rock dream.

KEEPINTIME: A LIVE RECORDING
Director: B+
2003, US, 50 minutes

Wednesday, October 6, 7:30pm, St. Anthony Main

Last year, Sound Unseen presented Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl, a short film by hip hop photographer B+ capturing a meeting of the minds between three of LA's greatest turntablists and four classic LA drummers. Since that film's completion, the project has spawned a few special live performances. This film documents a live show at the historic El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. It features improvised music from drummers James Gadson and Paul Humphreys, percussionist Derf Reklaw, and dj's Cut Chemist, Nu-Mark, Shortkut, J.Rocc, Babu, and Madlib. The cross-generational jam session becomes an intriguing musical conversation of layered rhythms and sounds.

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ON THE D.L.
Director: Andrew Gura
2004, US, 20 minutes

They've toured the world, but drummer ?uestlove (of the Roots) and dj King Britt (formerly of Digable Planets) never got their driver's licenses—until now.

Saturday, October 9, 5:00pm, Oak Street Cinema – DIRECTOR & CAST PRESENT!
Live Music Performance by The Flops
Special Ticket Price $8

This locally made film features Matt Wilson and John Munson of local band The Flops, and the exceptional film debut of local music champion Mary Lucia. Based on Matt Wilson’s life and musical experiences, this film explores the rebirth of a relationship in the aftermath of years in a rock ‘n roll lifestyle. A strong supporting cast includes Alex Cole, Marie-Francoise Theodore, and hilarious cameos by Steve McClellan and Chris Osgood. Performances by The Flops, and other musical guests make this a special, musical treat.

Monday, October 4, 8:30pm, Bryant Lake Bowl – DIRECTOR PRESENT

This film has been years in the making. Meticulously researched by writer/director/editor Ryan Schaddelee, this documentary takes you into the turbulent, multi-decade journey of superstar Minneapolis band, Likehell. No stone is left unturned, no scandal unexplored. Sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll – this band has seen it all, and now you can too. Featuring cameos by members of Queens of the Stone Age, Guns ‘N Roses/The Cult/Velvet Revolver, The Replacements, Babes in Toyland, Urge Overkill, Mondo Generator, Local H, US Maple, and more.

Let's rock again!
Director: Dick Rude
US, 2004, 67 min.

Monday, October 4, 9:30pm, Oak Street Cinema - DIRECTOR PRESENT

This documentary follows rock icon Joe Strummer as he tours America and Japan in hopes of making a rock n' roll comeback with his new band, the Mescaleros. Strummer's main objective is simple - to get his music out to the people and break his record so that he can have another chance to rock again. We ride along with Joe to photo shoots, magazine interviews and press appearances, and even see him handing out flyers on the boardwalks of Atlantic city to oblivious passers-by. Live performances feature songs from the Clash as well as new material. What makes this documentary extra special is the peak into Joe's daily life, hanging out with celebs backstage, spending time with fans and even a live studio recording. This intimate portrait captures Joe as a genuine, hard working man, whose passion and effort make him the true hero that he is. Let's Rock Again! was produced by Strummer and Dick Rude, a long time friend who also directed. Strummer's cooperation and comfort with Rude opened the door to an exclusive view of the legendary man never before seen. In 2002, the world lost Joe to a congential hear condition and Let's Rock Again! is his final message, a story about never giving up.

Filmmaker, Dick Rude, has had an extensive film career, starring in several films including "Sid and Nancy", "The Wild Life" and "Repo Man," and also co-wrote and starred in "Straight to Hell" which features Dennis Hopper, Courtney Love and Elvis Costello. His other writing credits include a pilot for Sophia Coppola, "Hi Octane" and an un-produced script commissioned by River Phoenix. As a director, Rude has made many music videos, inluding "Nothing Something" for Blonde Redhead and "Off the Map" for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Rude is currently preparing his next film "The Asshole" with his friend and Executive Producer Jim Jarmusch.

LOW IN EUROPE
Director: Sebastian Schrade
2003, Germany, 50 minutes

Saturday, October 2, 3:45pm, St. Anthony Main
Sunday, October 3, 3:30pm, St. Anthony Main

Over the 10 years since they first came together, Duluth slow-core band, Low, has built an impressive following across the globe. Filmmaker Sebastian Schrade finds the group on tour in Europe and captures great performances in a variety of venues in Germany and the UK– from small clubs to a breathtaking cathedral. The film also includes backstage revelations, highway discussions, and bar chats with members Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker, and Zak Sally, illuminating the attitudes and evolution of the band. Transfixing performances, candid statements, and glimpses of their inexcessive tour life comprise a nice portrait of the exceptional band.

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SAXON SHORE: A DOCUMENTARY ON BEING UNSUCCESSFUL – DIRECTOR PRESENT
Director: Mary Pfund
2004, US, 33 min

After the sophomore release of their album "Four Months of Darkness", Saxon Shore set out for one hundred and sixty shows in support of the release. This documentary covers a week of shows and radio interviews at the end of this ambitious touring schedule and contrasts the tired and somewhat discouraged members with their sarcastic and often dark humor.

M80
Producers: Rick Fuller & Chris Strouth
1979, US

Saturday, October 2, 9:45pm, St. Anthony Main – PRODUCER PRESENT

In September of 1979, the Walker Art Center produced a "New-No-Now-Wave Festival" in Minneapolis. Two days of No/New wave music, the likes of which had never been seen before. Featuring music by the Fleshtones, the Monochrome Set, Tuxedomoon, the Suburbs, Dark Day, James Chance and the Contortions, Judy Nylon and a host of others. This is a concert film of New Wave in it's infancy, before MTV. Stylish, yet raw, this captures the moment before it happened. The footage was lost in a morass of girlfriend's closets for 24 years, now lovingly restored to its vivid black and white glory.

MARK HOSLER of NEGATIVLAND: ADVENTURES IN ILLEGAL ART
Multimedia Presentation by Mark Hosler
90 min.

Tuesday, October 5, 7:00pm, Oak Street Cinema
Special Ticket Price $8

Pranks, media hoaxes, media literacy, the art of collage, creative activism in a media saturated multi-national world, file sharing, intellectual property issues, evolving notions of art and ownership and law in a digital age, artistic and funny critiques of mass media and culture, so-called “culture-jamming”…even if you’ve never heard of Negativland, if you are interested in any of these issues you’re sure to find this funny and inspiring presentation worthy of your time and attention. Most famous for being sued for their “U2” single, Negativland have had 25 years of fun being a thorn in the side of the corporate media and entertainment biz. They’re released a gazillion CDs, do occasional tours, have a weekly radio show, make little movies, show their work in museums, and were the subject of San Francisco filmmaker Craig Baldwin’s 1995 feature film “SONIC OUTLAWS.” Their art is “about tearing apart and reassembling found images to create new ones…hilarious and chilling.”

Presented by Radio K’s Some Assembly Required

FREE RADIO: LIVE WEBCAST at MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
WORLD PREMIERE!

Saturday, October 2, 5:00-8:00pm, MCAD College Center, 2nd Floor
http://radio.mcad.edu

FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST ANDY FRIEDMAN AMERICANA SLIDESHOW POET
A self-described "painter with lyrics," maverick Brooklyn-based visual artist Andy Friedman and his one-man show brings together projections of his pencil drawings, paintings and photographs with a series of monologues and poetry. The artist's "barfly-boho-bluesman" persona coupled with his engaging, straightforward delivery has hushed rowdy taverns, charmed music, art, theater, and literary audiences and earns him a considerably growing national following. The NEW YORKER calls Friedman "a master of the slide projector, not the slide guitar…elevating the interstitial ramblings of a wayward folk musician into an art form."

VISIBLE BEAT
Conceived and performed by MCAD students, Visible Beat presents a spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment relay between two ‘teams’—audio and visual. Students will be creating, collecting, and compiling a catalog of samples about energy that will serve as content for this interactive performance. A sort of new media “battle,” Visible Beat will assault the senses—a sonic, visual collage based on instantaneous call and response.

24-HOUR FILM CHALLENGE SHOWCASE
During 24 crazy consecutive hours, student film crews from area colleges created 3-4 minute films incorporating sonic elements inspired by the same catalyst key words driving Visible Beat. These films will be showcased before, between, and after the above performances. Winners announced at the event!

Sponsored by MCAD, Red Bull Energy Drink & National Camera Exchange

MOOG
2004, 70 minutes
Director: Hans Fjellestad

Saturday, October 2, 9:30pm, Oak Street Cinema
Thursday, October 7, 7:30pm, Oak Street Cinema

Bob Moog has been inventing electronic musical instruments for nearly half a century. His early synthesizers opened vast possibilities for artists, and his contributions have greatly influenced the direction of musical culture. This new documentary explores Moog's instruments and collaborations over the years, as well as his opinions on creativity, design, interactivity, and the spiritual world. The film also features comments from a variety of artists including Rick Wakeman, DJ Spooky, Keith Emerson, Bernie Worrell, Money Mark, and Mix Master Mike. And the soundtrack features new music created on Moog instruments by Stereolab, Meat Beat Manifesto, Tortoise, and others. Join us in celebrating a true American maverick!

MUSIC VIDEOS BY MIKE MILLS
Director: Mike Mills
1996-2003, 70 minutes

Thursday, October 7, 9:15pm, St. Anthony Main

Mike Mills has designed album covers for Sonic Youth, Beck, and the Beastie Boys. He has shown his artwork in galleries in Tokyo and New York. And he has directed many music videos and short films through the creative production company, The Directors Bureau, which he co-founded with Roman Coppola. With an inventive approach, an often brilliantly simple style, and his love for finding undercurrents in the mundane, Mills stands out as one of the best directors of music videos today. This retrospective includes videos made over the past 7 years for artists Pond, Air, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Les Rythmes Digitales, Moby, Everything But The Girl, Yoko Ono and others. The program also includes excerpts from his rarely seen short films.

OFF THE CHARTS: THE SONG-POEM STORY
Director: Jamie Meltzer
2002, US, 63 minutes

Wednesday, October 6, 9:30pm, Bryant Lake Bowl

"Your Poetry Set to Music!" "Songs into dollars!" Off The Charts documents the “song-poem” phenomenon in which ordinary folks send their heartfelt and often bizarre lyrics to companies advertising in the back of tabloids, which, for a fee, turn their poems into records. This unusual pen pal collaboration of amateur songwriters and studio musicians has produced such oddities as 'I Am a Ginseng Digger', 'Jimmy Carter Says Yes', and 'A Blind Man's Penis.' We are introduced to some of the quirky writers, the producers and studio musicians who crank the songs out, and aficionados of the records, including Tom Ardolino of the band NRBQ and Ellery Eskelin, son of the great song-poem stylist Rodney Keith Eskelin.

PAUL WESTERBERG: COME FEEL ME TREMBLE
Directors: Rick Fuller & Otto Zithromax
2003, US, 88 min

Thursday, October 7, 7:15, St. Anthony Main – DIRECTOR PRESENT

"Look me in the eye". Paul Westerberg has been issuing this unsettling public challenge for the better part of twenty-five years and still everyone blinks. He has always been particularly adept at exercising the peculiar skill of keeping people at arm's length even as he invites them into his world. His ragged, enigmatic persona has been reinvented a number of times since the heyday of the Replacements and the scraps and shreds he does deign to toss about speak volumes. Putting those pieces together definitively is a gloriously complex project. Come Feel Me Tremble admirably builds on that work-in-progress with interview snippets, intimate performance footage shot by fans in a variety of venues, and material provided by Paul himself. As wild and mercurial as he was with his former band, Westerberg is now even more the trickster troubadour, his oddball passion shining through even the most uncomfortable moments. See what a pleasure it is to meet him again for the first time.

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In 1988 Twin/Tone Records developed a relationship with A&M Records in Los
Angeles. The Harder/Fuller team was hired to shoot an overview of the Twin/Tone operations and introduce A&M Records to the staff, bands and associated labels. Soul Asylum was featured in the documentary and band member, Karl Mueller,hosted the program.

PRIVILEGE
Director: Peter Watkins
1967, UK, 103 minutes

Saturday, October 2, 7:30pm, Oak Street Cinema
Sunday, October 2, 5:00pm, Oak Street Cinema

"Behind the screams and headlines are the manipulators... the puppet masters who pull the strings and make the pop scene work."

This often overlooked, late-60s oddity from director Peter Watkins is a striking (and all-too-prophetic) allegory for mass media and popular culture being used to channel and control the impulses of young people. Privilege stars Paul Jones (of Manfred Mann) as a pop singer in a future society where entertainment is controlled by a totalitarian government. The star's influence is used to divert political challenge and sell just about every commodity imaginable. The church wants him to change his image to that of an obedient, religious boy, but he's met a young artist (played by model Jean Shrimpton) who convinces him to rebel against the forces controlling their lives. Privilege is rarely screened and not available on home video– so don't miss it!

ROCK THAT UKE!
Directors: Sean Anderson and William Preston Robertson
2003, US, 63 minutes

Thursday, October 7, 8:30pm, Bryant Lake Bowl – DIRECTOR PRESENT

The ukulele is more than a tiny musical instrument. It's a state of mind! Rock That Uke is a love letter to the four-stringed underdog of the musical world that's often regarded as nothing more than a child’s toy. Directors Sean Anderson and William Preston Robertson examine the mystical allure of the uke and the recent surge of alternative, post-punk musicians who have taken up the instrument. We meet Indie rockers, comedy acts, ragtime bands, heavy metal band Uke Til U Puke, Oliver Brown, Casey Korder, and many others. Narrated by Holly Hunter (whom the filmmakers refer to as "the human rock n’ roll ukulele").

SCENES FROM A TOUR: HOT HOUSE FLOWERS – WORLD PREMIERE!
Director: Sherece Lamke
2003, US, 87 min.

Sunday, October 3, 7:00pm, Oak Street Cinema – DIRECTOR & BAND MEMBERS PRESENT!

An intimate look at independent Irish band Hothouse Flowers and friend/tour-mate Colin Devlin as they careen around the States on tour. A passionate portrait comprised of various performances, offstage antics, true fans and friends, personal reflections, and the cast of characters that inhabit the Flowers’ tour bus.

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SCREAMING MEN (HUUTAJAT)
Director: Mika Ronkainen
2003, Finland/Denmark, 76 minutes

Sunday, October 3, 7:30pm, St. Anthony Main
Wednesday, October 6, 5:30pm, St. Anthony Main

There's no sound quite like 30 Finnish men screaming at the top of their lungs! Under the impassioned and strict leadership of Petri Servio, the unusual men's choir, 'Mieskuoro Huutajat,' dresses in black suits and rubber ties and belts out high-decibel renditions of everything from children's songs to national anthems. In Screaming Men, director and former choir member Mika Ronkainen beautifully documents the group's unusual audition process and performances over the past 5 years in Finland, Iceland, France, and Japan. This oddball movie from the documentary arm of Lars Von Treir's Zentropa Productions walks the thin line between the dead serious and the completely absurd.

SCUMROCK
Director: Jon Moritsugu
2002, US, 79 minutes

Thursday, October 7, 11:00pm, Bryant Lake Bowl

Presenting the latest lo-fi epic from San Francisco underground filmmaker Jon Moritsugu (Fame Whore, Mod Fuck Explosion). In the music-laden Scumrock, we follow the nervous Miles Morgan as he tries to make a pretentious film and riot girl Roxxy (Moritsugu regular Amy David) as she tries to whip her punk band into shape for a comeback. Both are approaching 30 and dealing with the pressure of getting old. The film won "Best Feature" at the Chicago and New York. Underground Film Festivals, and was named "Best of 2003" in the Village Voice Film Critics Poll.

"Scumrock tells a poignant story while relishing in the true aesthetic spirit of underground cinema." -IndieWire

SPECTRUM: MN Soundtracks Vol. 2
Produced by Brian Dehler and Gretchen Williams
2003, US, 84 minutes

Sunday, October 3 - 9:00 pm
Oak Street Cinema

Sound Unseen and DV-Cinema join forces to present Volume II of Spectrum: Minnesota Soundtracks. This follow up release is another impressive DVD compilation of music videos from twenty-three Minnesota bands and filmmakers, including Honeydogs, Black Eyed Snakes, Askeleton, Spaghetti Western, Melodious Owl, Tulip Sweet, Melismatics, Greazy Meal and many more.

Thanks to a sponsorship by Copy Cats Media, this dvd compilation will be available during the festival for $10 and free with the purchase of any festival pass.

UNKNOWN PASSAGE: THE DEAD MOON STORY
Directors: Kate Fix and Jason Summers
2004, US, 88 minutes

Tuesday, October 5, 7:15pm, St. Anthony Main

Unknown Passage is a loving documentary tribute to Northwest band Dead Moon. The film begins by tracing founder Fred Cole’s roots in the 60s when he performed psychedelic garage rock in The Lollipop Shoppe and intersected with the likes of Janis Joplin, the Yardbirds, The Doors, Moby Grape, and the Seeds. Fred added his wife, Toody, on bass when he got tired of flaky band members. In the 80s, the pair recruited drummer Andrew Loomis and formed Dead Moon. Fiercely independent, they distribute and even press their own records, run a thriving guitar shop, and still manage to get out on the road and play for devoted fans worldwide.

Saturday, October 2, 5:45pm, St. Anthony Main
Sunday, October 3, 5:30pm, St. Anthony Main

We first showed this close-up documentary portrait of Wesley Willis two years ago. Since then, the beloved Chicago artist and musician has passed away. Join us in celebrating Willis' whimsical outlook on life and unforgettable guttermouth songs with an encore screening of The Daddy of Rock and Roll. His songs– such as “Lick a Llama’s Ass” and “I Whooped Batman’s Ass” –are simultaneously disturbing, hilarious, blunt, and intoxicating. Filmmaker Daniel Bitton follows the 300-plus-pound, six-foot Willis throughout the Chicago area and reveals him to be a very funny human being and an incredibly resourceful survivor who learned to take his disability in stride.

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THE WILD WORLD OF HASIL ADKINS
Director: Julien Nitzburg
1993, 29 minutes

This deranged documentary captures the jaw-dropping antics and raucous, homegrown rock ’n” roll of the ‘Father of Psychobilly,’ Hasil Adkins.

WESTWAY TO THE WORLD
Director: Don Letts
1999, UK, 88 minutes

Tuesday, October 5, 9:15pm, St. Anthony Main

First shown here in 2001,Westway To The World is the definitive documentary on "the only band that matters". The Clash was formed in London in 1976 during the first wave of British punk. They were the first to extend beyond the norms to incorporate elements of their diverse influences- from reggae to rockabilly. The film is directed by Don Letts, a former DJ at the legendary Roxy club and director of many of the band's music videos. It includes acres of previously unseen live footage and, for the first time, all the members of the influential band talk about their lives and musical careers in such detail.

YOU THINK YOU REALLY KNOW ME: THE GARY WILSON STORY
Director: Michael Wolk
2003, US, 74 minutes

Saturday, October 2, 7:45pm, St. Anthony Main

Gary Wilson recorded the strangely brilliant 1977 album 'You Think You Know Me' in the basement of his parents' home when he was 24. With its talk-sung, angst-ridden and horny lyrics and music combining elements of avant-garde jazz, lounge soul, and synthesized pop-rock, the recording has become legendary among record collectors and gained fans in the likes of Matt Groening, Husker Du, the Replacements, and Beck. This new documentary uncovers the unbelievable story of this unique musician, from his meeting John Cage at age 14, to his wild New York performances in the '70s with his band, The Blind Dates, and finally his recent resurfacing.